*Carl Roesch - Track, Cross Country Coach, 1948-1974 Carl Roesch's coaching spans a quarter of a century at Canisius in two sports. Starting in 1948, each fall Carl coached the cross-country squad and each spring, the track team. He established the annual Canisius College Invitational Cross-Country Meet (re-named the Roesch Invitational), held every fourth Saturday in October. Each year more than twenty teams from throughout New York State as well as from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Canada participated in the Invitational.